Posted on 06/27/2002 12:55:58 AM PDT by chance33_98
Suspect in killing attorney says he plotted attack for months June 26, 2002
BEAUMONT, Texas- An elderly man accused of killing an attorney at a law firm said he plotted the attack for months and called the killing "justifiable homicide," a television station reported Wednesday night.
Richard Gerzine, 80, also told KBTV-TV of Beaumont-Port Arthur, that "I'm the victim here."
Gerzine remains jailed on a murder charge over the June 13 slaying of Cris Quinn, 47.
The shooting took place at the offices of Reaud Morgan and Quinn, where the victim was a senior partner.
Police have said they believe Gerzine was upset because the firm declined to pursue his asbestos claim.
Gerzine was living at the Changing Seasons nursing home in Vidor at the time of the attack.
"It took me two months to decide if I was going to kill him. It's a hard decision to make," Gerzine said Wednesday.
"It took about a month to put together, remember I live in a nursing home, I think I did a good job," he told KBTV in the off-camera jailhouse interview.
Gerzine also called the killing a "justifiable homicide."
Boy oh boy, Dick Gerzine has really imbibed the liberal mantra. He murders someone, but he's the victim. Liberalism is eating its own, the perp wanted to make a killing on the liberal, bash corporations Asbestos lawsuit murders a scumbag trial lawyer, who makes fantastic amounts of money, robbing the productive.
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